THE MANDALORIAN

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The Mandalorian

He's probably going to go for a wild west vibe I'd guess.

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[Peven]

looks too good

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looks too good

Agreed, that looks badass. Too bad I won’t be able to watch it.

[Peven]

looks too good

Agreed, that looks badass. Too bad I won’t be able to watch it.

my girlfriend and I are on the verge of dropping cable completely and going to a streaming only tv budget. it honestly isn't going to save us a significant amount of money each month as much as it will give us more content we enjoy for the $ we spend. we will be adding Disney+ when it becomes available and I think it will be worth the money when the quality hours per month of entertainment are divided into the $ spent per month. along with AmazonPrime, Netflix, and Hulu we will have more quality content and be able to watch it on our schedule.

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Can someone let me borrow their Disney+ password?

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Can someone let me borrow their Disney+ password?

Wow, now THAT got my low-brow-too-stupid-for-Watchmen-likes-TheBigBangTheory juices flowing!

I read somewhere that Verizon customers who fit certain criteria were going to get a year free for Disney+. Will definitely be investigating that.

[Fievel]

There is a bundle coming up with Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. I'm waiting for that one.

[Wolfpack]

Now see, if the Fox network had done this show they'd show the episodes out of order, preempt it for football, and then it would be canceled after half a season.

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#JusticeForWonderfalls

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So, I'm assuming at least one or two of you nerds have watched the pilot episode for this. Thoughts?

[Fievel]

Best western that I’ve seen in years.
And that’s just the first 36-minute episode

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Best western that I’ve seen in years.
And that’s just the first 36-minute episode

Yeah, it was damn cool. Maybe a bit too fast paced, but I guess for a first episode, they wanted to really jam in alot of good shit. I'm not sure how many episidoes that are planned for this, but I hope they can slow it down a bit moving forward, and delve into some of the stuff they glossed over (the special mandalorian alloy for example, and the metalsmith who worked that piece of armor, would have liked a bit more there).

I love that they don't have 12 episodes all released at once, you have to WAIT for the next one, once a week i believe?

The opening credits/score... I'd say this is the worst part... didn't feel epic or SW enough. But this is really nit-picking.

[Fievel]

The soundtrack (one part in particular) sounded WAY too much like Rocky. In the same way John Williams steals from Holst, this guy ripped off Rocky. I liked the title sequence. It wasn't ground-breaking but it worked.

Along with the metalsmith, I want to know about that entire Mandalorian enclave down there. Seeing 4-5 live-action Mandalorians in the same area is something I never thought I'd see - not even on this show. I just assumed the title character was alone in the galaxy. There's been so little about OT-era Mandalorians.

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I'm hearing that the episodes are only 35-ish minutes? I don't love that idea; the one thing a Star Wars TV show can do differently from the films is be slower and more deliberate. Hell, even Breaking Bad was 45-50 minutes an episode.

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I'm hearing that the episodes are only 35-ish minutes? I don't love that idea; the one thing a Star Wars TV show can do differently from the films is be slower and more deliberate. Hell, even Breaking Bad was 45-50 minutes an episode.

Correct, it was only a half hour or so. It didn't feel 'short' to me, but then again, they packed in a ton of stuff, maybe that's why.

[Fievel]

Correct, it was only a half hour or so. It didn't feel 'short' to me,

Same. I thought 50 minutes had passed. Next episode is up tomorrow!

[Peven]

it is very well produced, all the boxes are checked in regards to production quality, but I am hoping there will be more depth to the plot/characters because if not it will start to become like watching cut scenes from a video game.

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Episode 3... kinda sorta liked it, but some of the shine is wearing off for me already. Things are really happening too quickly, and I was hoping this show wouldn't have some of the more absurd Star War-ness to it (like a town full of bounty hunters who can shoot one guy standing in front of them). Not going to jump ship on the show, I was still entertained.

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See, I feel the opposite: episode 3 was the first one that I actually liked in earnest. You're right about the gang that can't shoot straight, but I appreciated the ratcheting-up of stakes and consequences. The pilot was a cool mission statement of sorts but overrelied on our familiarity with the Star Wars mythology to care about what was going on. Episode 2 was like two random video-game fetch quests rolled into one. This last one, with its exploration of Mandalorian culture and the momentous decision that irrevocably changes our main character's fate, is where things finally started to get interesting.

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This last one, with its exploration of Mandalorian culture and the momentous decision that irrevocably changes our main character's fate, is where things finally started to get interesting.

Right, but it happened too quick!

[TheBaxter]

Right, but it happened too quick!

that's what she said.

[Peven]

I appreciated the ratcheting-up of stakes and consequences. The pilot was a cool mission statement of sorts but overrelied on our familiarity with the Star Wars mythology to care about what was going on. Episode 2 was like two random video-game fetch quests rolled into one. This last one, with its exploration of Mandalorian culture and the momentous decision that irrevocably changes our main character's fate, is where things finally started to get interesting.

ditto

[Maui]

Episode 4 was pure cheesiness and what I consider a filler episode. Many scenes painful to watch imo.

Episode 5 got back on track.

Not sure if the show has gotten the right formula for easter eggs - seems they might be relying on it a bit too heavily.

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This guy sure has a stressful life.

[Peven]

I fucking LOVE this show

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I fucking LOVE this show

I can't say that I love it, but I like it well enough. The first 2 episodes were awesome, its been uneven for me since then. But I'm committed to watching this show for sure (until my free year of Disney+ runs out.... )

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Lucasfilm continues to be an utter shitshow behind the scenes:

OBI-WAN Disney+ series put on hold; crew dismissed

I hesitate to be overly critical of Kathleen Kennedy for fear of sounding like the incels who hate Rey because she's a Mary Sue, but every single Star Wars production seems like it's in a constant state of disarray. There've already been two films that had to be almost entirely re-shot (Rogue One; Solo), a handful of filmmakers fired or replaced due to the slightest controversial decision (or even bad publicity), and countless projects cancelled outright. Now Disney+, which is publicly desperate for original content, has shelved a TV show starring freaking Ewan MacGregor, and the crew -- which had already been hired, paid, and placed on-location -- has been sent home indefinitely. This is bad leadership.

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So I didn't know this (just read a tidbit somewhere) but that wasn't Pedro Pascal in the famous armor for most of season 1. He provided mostly vocal performances in season one due to his filming commitments to Sam Gold’s broadway revival of King Lear.
Hmm, I just assumed that was him in there that whole time...

[TheBaxter]

So I didn't know this (just read a tidbit somewhere) but that wasn't Pedro Pascal in the famous armor for most of season 1. He provided mostly vocal performances in season one due to his filming commitments to Sam Gold’s broadway revival of King Lear.
Hmm, I just assumed that was him in there that whole time...

same here. so who was in the armor? David Prowse?

[Wolfpack]

So I didn't know this (just read a tidbit somewhere) but that wasn't Pedro Pascal in the famous armor for most of season 1. He provided mostly vocal performances in season one due to his filming commitments to Sam Gold’s broadway revival of King Lear.
Hmm, I just assumed that was him in there that whole time...

same here. so who was in the armor? David Prowse?

John Wayne's grandson.

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Season 2.

[TheBaxter]

not to be confused with The Man DeLorean

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Season 2.

"This is the way" is on a knife's edge of teetering over into self-parody, but I have no complaints otherwise. This looks pretty cool; it took me a minute to get used to the tone of The Mandalorian, which has a live-action Saturday Morning Cartoon vibe going on, but I enjoyed the show a lot more once I did. Almost every episode is like a self-contained mini-adventure with guest stars.

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Season 2.

"This is the way" is on a knife's edge of teetering over into self-parody, but I have no complaints otherwise. This looks pretty cool; it took me a minute to get used to the tone of The Mandalorian, which has a live-action Saturday Morning Cartoon vibe going on, but I enjoyed the show a lot more once I did. Almost every episode is like a self-contained mini-adventure with guest stars.

I couldn't agree more with that assessment. I'll have to go back and watch season 1 again, because I pretty much have forgotten most of it (except little Nick Nolte).

"this is the way" is ABSOLUTELY overplayed already. And this is really a fan thing, I don't blame the show at all.